Display easel



April 7, 1959 E. J. LUND 2,880,534

DISPLAY EASEL Filed July 2, 1957 Edward Uf Lxuzza' April 7, 1959 E.J.1 UND 2,880,534

DISPLAY EAsEL Filed July 2, 1957 Een@ Edward z/ @und United Sttes Patent O f DISPLAY EASEL Edward J. Lund, Park Ridge, lll.

Application July 2, 1957, Serial No. 669,568

Claims. (Cl. 40124.1)

This invention relates to two-sided display cards and supports which hold the card upright without obstructing either face of the card and which can be easily made from the card material. Specically, this invention deals with a display card and easel arrangement which is easily and cheaply made in any desired size from three pieces of cardboard without wastage of material.

According to this invention, a cardboard display card of any desired shape or size is supported in an upright position by pieces of cardboard secured to both sides of the card and extending therefrom in right angle relation to the faces of the card without obstructing these faces. The preferred arrangement includes a rectangular display card held in upright position by triangular cardboard side pieces with the bases of the triangular pieces level with the bottom edge of the card so that this bottom edge also coacts with the bases to provide an additional support. The triangular pieces of cardboard will be dimensioned in accordance with the height of the display card to provide base edges of sufficient extent to stably support the card. The heights of the triangular pieces are dimensioned in accordance with the height of the display card to rigidify the card vertically. It is preferred to have the triangular pieces extend more than half-way up the sides of the card. The card preferably has ears on the side edges extending through slots in the triangular pieces to rmly unite the card and triangular pieces although other fastening arrangements can be used including rivets having legs projecting from the triangular pieces and straddling the display card.

An important feature of the invention resides in the ease in which the card and supports can be made from cardboard of the same material in a printing shop where the faces of the display card are being printed. Standard sized cardboard can be cut to provide a display card of desired size and the ears on the edges of the card need only be of relatively small lateral extent so that very little wastage of cardboard is involved in the cutting of the ears. On the other hand, the triangular pieces can be cut from cardboard without any waste of material whatsoever.

Another featureof the invention is the ease of assembly of the display easel from flat, readily shipped cardboard pieces.

A still further feature of the invention is the economy of the assembly which makes it feasible to discard the entire assembly after service although the triangular support pieces can be re-used if desired.

It is then an object of this invention to provide a twosided display card supported in upright position by inexlpensive side pieces detachably secured to the side edges of the card.

A further object of this invention is to provide a display card and easel assembly composed entirely of cardboard wherein both faces of the card are unobstructed by the easel and the easel coacts with the card itself to create a rigid support.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a 2,880,534 Patented Apr. 7, 1959l display card and easel arrangement which is easily produced in the printing shop where the card is printed and which can have any desired size as dictated by the display to be placed on the card.

A specific object of this invention is to provide an inexpensive display card and supports composed of three pieces of cardboard including a rectangular display card and two smaller side cards detachably connected to the side edges of the display card through any suitable fastening means such as registering slots and ears, straddling rivets, and the like.

A still further specific object of this invention is to provide a display card and supports wherein the display card is provided with bottom edges to coact with the bottom edges of the side support pieces that are secured to the side edges of the card in right angular relation to the faces of the card Without obstructing the faces.

Other and further objects of this invention will be apparent to those skilled in this art from the following detailed description of the annexed sheet of drawings which, by way of preferred examples only, illustrate two embodiments of the invention.

On the drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of a display card and easel according to one form of the invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the assembly of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the display card and easel assembly of Figures l and 2.

Figure 4 is a plan View of a sheet of cardboard illustrating the manner in which the display cards are cut therefrom without appreciable wastage of material.

Figure 5 is a plan view of a sheet of cardboard illustrating the manner in which the triangular side pieces of the easel are cut without wastage of any material.

Figure 6 is a plan view of one of the triangular side pieces.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of a modified display easel according to this invention.

Figure S s an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line VIII-VIII of Figure 7.

As shown on the drawings:

In Figures l and 2, the reference numeral 10 designates generally a two-sided display card and easel assembly according to this invention. The assembly 10 includes a rectangular cardboard display card 11 held in upright position by a pair of triangular-shaped cardboard side pieces 12, 12. It will be especially noted that the display card 11 has unobstructed faces adapted to receive any display matter such as printed illustrations. The card 11 is rectangular in shape and has a bottom edge 11a ush with the bottom base edges 12a of the triangular pieces 12, 12. This bottom edge 11a is, therefore, utilized to assist the base edges 12a in supporting the assembly.

The card 11 has parallel side edges 11b, 11b receiving the triangular side pieces 12, 12 thereagainst. These side edges are each equipped with a pair of longitudinally spaced laterally extending rectangular ears 13. The triangular side pieces 12, 12 have vertical slots 14 along the perpendicular bisecter of the base thereof sized and spaced to receive the ears 13 therethrough. When the ears 13 are projected through the slots 14 and the triangular pieces are bottomed against the side edges 11b, 11b of the display card, the triangular pieces 12, 12 will be at right angular relation to the display card and will have their base edges 12a flush with the base edge 11a of the card. Since the -slots 14 are on the perpendicular bisecter of the triangular pieces 12, 12, the triangular pieces will project equally from both faces of the display card thereby creating a symmetrical two-sided display card.

As shown in Figure 4, the display cards 11 are conveniently cut from a sheet of cardboard 15 without appreciable wastage of cardboard and can be cut in any size 'to meet vvthe requirements of the display will be placed on the faces of the card. By positioning the ears symmetrically on the opposite sides of the transverse center of the card, alternate cards 11 in the sheet 15 can have .the ears formed in alternatehalves thereof so that it is only necessary to cut out small strips 16 between the inner ears and small vnotches 17 at the Aedges of the strip 15.

As shown in Figure 5, a sheet 18 of the same cardboard used for making the display cards 11 is cut to form the side pieces 12, 12 without wastage of any material. vIt will be noted that the triangular pieces 12, 12 have .alternating apexes and bases along the length of the sheet A18. The slots 14 can be cut in the sheet 18 at the same time the sheet is severed into the triangular pieces.

yAs shown in Figure 1, the triangular pieces 12, 12 have aheight proportioned relative to the height of the card 11 to Vprovide a pleasing appearance and to give rigidity to the card 11. These triangular pieces preferably extend above the transverse center of the card. The base edges 12a of the triangular pieces are of sufficient length to provide a rm and stable supporting edge to hold the card against tipping.

A modified arrangement is shown in Figures 7 and 8 wherein no wastage of material is involved in the cutting of the display card. In the modified assembly 20 of Figure 7, the display card 21 is rectangular and is free from any laterally projecting ears or protuberances. Triangular supporting side pieces 22, 22 are fitted against the side edges of the card 21 by means of rivets 23. As best Vshown in Figure 8, these .rivets 23 have a head 23a bottomed on the outer face of the triangular piece 22. A pair of fingers 23b extend from the head through a hole v22a in the triangular piece 22 and the fingers 23b straddle and tightly embrace the opposite faces of the display card 21. These fingers can be relatively thin and, as shown in Figure 7, will not provide any objectionable obstructio-n on the display faces of the card 21.

The triangular side pieces 22, 22 in the assembly 20, function in the same manner as the side pieces 12, 12 in the assembly 10 and are dimensioned the same as the pieces 12, 12 except that the holes 22a to receive the fingers 23b of the rivets 23 need not be as long as the slots 14. The holes are dimensioned to snugly receive the fingers 23b.

From the above description it will thus be evident that this invention now provides a simple, inexpensive, easily assembled display card and support arrangement which has two unobstructed display faces .and which can be easily assembled after manufacture in a printing shop a cardboard display card having unobstructed display faces on opposite sides thereof, a pair of side pieces abut- Ating'each side edge `of the card, said side pieces having f.baseedges ushwth the bottom edge ofthe card and extending equally from both faces of the card a sufiicient distance to yhold the card upright, and said side pieces :having Vrivets projecting therefrom straddling the card in embracing relation with both faces thereof to unite said side pieces to the card in right angular relation.

2. A display card and easel assembly which comprises ,"alat cardboard rdisplay card having opposed display .ifaces,a bottom edge, and side edges, a pair of fiat side cardboard pieces in right angular relation to the card and abutting the side edges of the card along a central line to project outwardly from both faces of the card, said side pieces having faces of suiicient length to support the card in an upright position and having altitudes of sufficient height to vertically rigidity the card, and fastener means extending through the side pieces adjacent the top and bottom ends of the side pieces connecting the side pieces to the card with the bottom edge of the card aligned with the bases of the side pieces.

3. A display card and easel assembly which comprises a rectangular cardboard card having a plurality of vertically spaced ears projecting laterally from each side edge thereof and including an ear on each edge adjacent the bottom of the card and a second ear on each edge adjacent the transverse center of the card, a pair of triangular cardboard side pieces having slots along the perpendicular bisectors thereof at levels for registering 'with said ears and sized to snugly receive said ears, said side pieces when assembled on said ears abutting opposed yside edges of the card and extending in right angular relation to the faces of the card without obstructing said faces, and said side pieces having faces of suiiicien't length extending .from both faces of the card to support the card in an upright position.

4. A display card and easel assembly which comprises a cardboard card having opposed display faces, a bottom edge, and opposed side edges, a pair of hat isosceles triangular-shaped cardboard side pieces abutting the side edges vof .the card along the perpendicular bisectors of the side pieces and having base edges ush with the bottorn edge of the card, said triangular side pieces having apexes beneath the top of the card and aligned with the side edges of the card, said side pieces having side edges extending outwardly from the apexes to the base edges, said base edges being sufficiently long to stably support said card in an upright position, each side edge of the card having a pair of longitudinally spaced ears projecting therefrom, and said side pieces having slots adjacent the top and bottom thereof receiving said ears to detachably secure the side pieces to the card.

5. A two-sided display card and support which comprises a cardboard card having opposed display faces, opposed side edges, a bottom edge, and a top edge, a

pair of fiat isosceles triangular-shaped cardboard side pieces abutting the side edges of the card along the perpendicular bisectors of the side pieces and having apexes below the top edge of the card aligned with the side edges ofthe card and face edges Hush with the base edge of the card, said side pieces extending in right angular relation to the card without obstructing the display faces of the card, the base edges of the support pieces being sufficiently long to cooperate with the base edge of the card for holding the card in upright position, the altitudes of said side pieces having sufficient length to vertically support the card, and interlocking fastener means extending through the side pieces adjacent the top and bottom ends of the side pieces for connecting the side pieces to the card.

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